Apparatus for applying metallic siding



May 5, 1964 D. P. GRIGAS ETAL 3,131,513

APPARATUS FOR APPLYING METALLIC SIDING Filed Jan. 50, 1961 EIGE) INVENTORS DANIEL P GRIGAS ALDO F? MARTIN jM/F ATTORNEY United States Patent "Ce 3,131,513 APPARATUS FSR APIPLYING METALLIC SIDING Daniel P. Grigas, 81 Russell St., and Aldo P. Martin, 1 Doris St., both of Worcester, Mass. Filed Jan. 30, 1561, Ser. No. 85,546 1 Claim. (Cl. 50-21%) invention relates to a new and improved apparatus for applying metallic siding without the use of nails or other fasteners causing penetration of the siding at any point; the provision of means for applying siding to a wall or uprights in general by which means the individual siding clapboards are quickly and easily accurately installed; and the provision of means for applying metallic siding including uprights which are square cut at their ends and are adapted to be arranged on a horizontal base piece which may be leveled so that the uprights are exactly vertical, each upright including equally spaced clip members thereon which clip members are adapted to engage and hold each clapboard at the top edge thereof without any other fastening means and with no penetration, the lower edge of each piece of siding underlying and concealing the clip; and the provision of a construction as above described whereby any desired piece of siding may be removed from the assembly by sliding it endwise without disturbing the clapboards above or below it.

Further objects of the invention include the provision of means for applying metallic sidings such as aluminum siding or clapboards of conventional construction to a side wall or studs, comprising a main base piece which is adapted to be mounted in a level, horizontal relationship at the bottom of the construction and including a series of preferably metallic spaced vertical members which are square cut at the ends thereof for resting upon the base piece in parallel alignment; each of the uprights being provided with a series of integral or secured clips each comprising a portion extending outwardly away from its upright, then extending downwardly and formed to curve inwardly and reversely, terminating in an upward direction forming a hook with an upwardly opening bight, the points of the hooks extending in towards the wall to be covered, in combination with generally conventional aluminum siding clapboards, which are provided with forwardly extending downwardly opening hook-like edge members at the top or uppermost edge thereof and having an inwardly extending flange at the bottom edge, the hooklike members being quickly and easily snapped into the aforementioned clip hook and being presented thereto in a reverse direction, being securely hooked and engaged therewith; and the provision of a structure as above described in which said clips are vertically spaced so that the upper hooked edge of the aluminum siding is attached to a horizontal row of clip hooks and the bottom edge flange thereof extends under and conceals the next lower horizontal row of clips, the edge of the flange engaging the forward face of the next clapboard just below said lower row of hooks whereby all piercing fasteners are completely obviated, the siding is arranged in substantially perfect horizontal alignment, and any one clapboard can be abstracted by sliding it edgewi-se from said clips without, however, disturbing any other clapboard in the construction.

The invention further relates to arrangements and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter described and more particularly set forth in the appended claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which FIG. 1 is a view in front elevation showing the general construction of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a view on an enlarged scale, taken on a sec- 3,131,513 Patented May 5, 1964 tion on line 22 of FIG. 1 and showing the clapboards in position;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged detail of a clip;

FIG. 4 shows a modified form of clip; and

FIG. 5 is an edge view of the clip of FIG. 4 and including the siding.

As an illustration of the present invention, there is shown (see FIG. 2) upright studs 10 to which a sheathing 12 may be applied. This rep-resenm any kind of building construction to which clapboards of the class described herein may be applied. The clapboards are ordinarily conventional aluminum siding clapboards but they may be of any metal or other suitable materials having some degree of resiliency.

Applied directly to the studs or to the sheathing, there is in the first place a rectangular piece 514 which is applied to its support in exactly level relationship so that its top edge 16 is exactly horizontal.

A series of strips having square cut lower ends 18 are then mounted on the sheathing or on the studs as desired but with the lower edges 18 in firm abutted relationship with the base plate 14 so that the strips themselves which are indicated at 20 are substantially exactly upright and parallel and they may be secured to the sheathing or to the studs by any desired means such as screws or nails 22. The uprights 20 and the base piece 14 are made of relatively light-weight stock and may be ribbed for strength or otherwise formed as desired.

The uprights 20 are each provided with outstanding clips which are generally indicated at 24. These are conveniently struck out from the upright members 20* or they may be made separately and attached thereto as desired.

Each clip is preferably bent more or less as shown in FIG. 2. They extend appreciably outwardly from the strips 20 to a maximum point at 26 which, however, is less than the width of flange 28 of the conventional siding members which are indicated at 30.

The clips 26 then extend down and inwardly as at 31 and back towards the strip 20, and terminate in an upwardly extending hook-like member 32 which preferably may be located at a slight angle with respect to the horizontal. The hook 32 has a bight which opens upwardly and is made to receive a downwardly extending hooked edge portion 34 of .the conventional metal siding.

hook enters into and is held by hook 32. at the edge thereof and this leaves a space 36 sufiicient to receive the upturned end 33 of the flange 28 which is concealed from the front side of the siding.

The clip can be made in many other ways as for example see FIGS. 4 and 5 wherein it extends outwardly as at 40 from its base plate 42 and then is punched as at 44 forming a rearwardly extending tongue 46 to act as the hook at 32 previously described.

In assembling the structure, the first thing done, of course, is to apply and level base strip 14 and then apply the upright strips 20 in parallel substantially evenly spaced relationship as shown in FIG. 1. The strip 14 can be the usual starting strip but with a top edge portion that allows the upright strips to be set vertically as described.

The lowermost clapboard 30 is then applied by inserting the lower flange 2 8, 38 thereof under the lower edge or other projection on strip 14. Then the upper edge hooked part 34 is located in position so that the clips can be snapped or pressed to engage the hooks 32 with the edge part 3-4 of the clapboards as seen.

The next clapboard 30 is applied in more or less the same manner, the lower [flanged edge thereof being engaged with the row of clips to which the preceding clapboard top edge has already been secured, and then the top edge of the second clapboard is engaged with the next row of clips as already described.

The application of the clapboards is thus seen to be without tools and without fasteners which penetrate, mar, or damage the clapboards in any way and the time of application of the clapboards is very greatly reduced. The clapboards are of course arranged in absolute horizontal alignment because the clips themselves act as markers and limit members for positioning the individual clapboards as the work progresses from the bottom to the top of the wall being treated. Also, if for any reason any one clapboard has to be removed, this can be done by sliding it lengthwise out of its row of clips because there are no through fasteners holding it to the wall and this reduces time and eifort required for replacement if such should become necessary.

Having thus described our invention and the advantages thereof, we do not wish to be limited to the details herein 15 disclosed, otherwise than as set forth in the claim, but what we claim is:

The combination in a metallic side wall of means forming a base member located horizontally at the lower portion of a wall, a series of spaced, parallel metallic uprights seated at their lower ends on said base member, each of said uprights having a plurality of clips struck outwardly therefrom at equal predetermined intervals so that each clip extends outwardly and downwardly from said upright and each of said clips having a rearwardly extending tongue punched out from the end thereof, the arrangement being such that corresponding clips on the several uprights are in horizontal alignment; a first metallic siding panel having a downturned upper edge engaging the tongues formed on aligned clips, and a second siding panel having an inturned flange, the said flange being provided with an upturned end which is inserted between the said first metallic siding panel and the tongues formed on the aligned clips engaged by said member.

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